Welcome to Blackpast

Welcome to BlackPast

This reference center with 7,635 posts is dedicated to providing information to the general public on African American history and the history of more than one billion people of African ancestry around the world.  We invite you to explore and use all the resources of BlackPast.

Explore African American History

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Deacons for Defense and Justice
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Charles W. Anderson, Jr. (1907-1960)
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James T. Whitehead, Jr. (1934- )
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The Last Poets (1968- )

Explore Global African History

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Sebastián Rodríguez Brito (ca. 1642-ca. 1717)
25th Infantry at the Battle of San Juan Hill, Cuba, July 1, 1898
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Battle of San Juan and Kettle Hill (1898)
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Samora Moises Machel (1933-1986)
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Buganda (ca. 1375-1900)

Perspectives in African American and Global African History

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African Cowboys on the Argentine Pampas: Their Disappearance from the Historical Record
Members of the Southern Negro Youth Congress meet with Idaho Senator Glen Taylor, 1947
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The Southern Negro Youth Congress: A Participant Recalls Its Past
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What Comes Naturally: The Loving v. Virginia Case in Historical Perspective
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Henrietta Lacks and the Debate Over the Ethics of Bio-Medical Research

Special Features & Resources

101 African American Firsts
Genealogy Resources
Major African American Office Holders since 1641
STEM Innovators

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